I am "thinking about building up the bench top. At least 3/4" if not 1-1/2". I do not know how thick/heavy the current bench top is possible 3/4". I grabbed the 72" cabinet from Lowes as a close out sale, they no longer stock the same cabinet. I see other 72" cabinets with 25mm bench tops if so probably one 3/4" mdf layer would do.
On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 8:21 PM John Dammeyer <
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With respect to your lathe I'd make 3 mounting posts.? Say about 1" long.? You will put them on the end casting in a rough triangle arrangement.? You could use a counter bore to reference the holes in the casting to make a flat surface for each post.? Then a of square perpendicular to the ways and then the second ?parallel to the bed surface pressing against the first with the square hanging down. Then draw a vertical line on each post.?
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Theoretically you should now have a vertical plane perpendicular to the ways maybe 3/4" out from the end of the lathe. ?
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Now take the three stand offs and use your lathe to cut them to length.? Or maybe make a shouldered length and turn a thread on the end. ?Lots of options here.? Once they are all in place bolt a plate to this.? Depending on where it sits etc. you could just bolt the motot to this with slots for tension adjustment. Or ad a tension idler.? Or a plate with the motor that pivots for tension adjustment.
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Lots of methods.
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Or just bolt the lathe to a table top and then mount the motor to the top too.
John
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At the moment my lathe is not fastened to the bench top, to use a off mounted motor the lathe would have to be fastened down to the bench top.
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On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 7:33 PM Ralph Hulslander via Groups.Io <rhulslander=[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks John, that is what I am looking for.
No issues with mounting the motor off the lathe?
I need to get a 3/4"-8 ACME bushing or pulley, don't know if right hand or left hand thread at the moment.
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On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 5:41 PM John Dammeyer <johnd@...> wrote:
This is what I did with the Gingery Lathe.? Been like that for 13 years I think.? Pulley's are 1:1 with a 10 TPI ACME lead screw I made on the South Bend.
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Clausing 8520, Craftsman 12x36 Lathe, 4x12 mini lathe, 14" Delta drill press, 40 watt laser, Consew brushless DC motors and a non working 3D printer
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Clausing 8520, Craftsman 12x36 Lathe, 4x12 mini lathe, 14" Delta drill press, 40 watt laser, Consew brushless DC motors and a non working 3D printer
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Clausing 8520, Craftsman 12x36 Lathe, 4x12 mini lathe, 14" Delta drill press, 40 watt laser, Consew brushless DC motors and a non working 3D printer
